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Steam Punk Flashlight

Introduction: Steam Punk Flashlight

This is a projectt I started a few months ago, it's a work in progress and hope to have it done in about a week.
I have no idea where that reflector came from it's ceramic and hallow.
The case is made of an old oak pallet selected for it's personality, the bottom slides out for access to the
batteries, or what ever, still not sure if it's going to electric or a gas light.

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Your reflector is just that... a reflector and it is probably glass not ceramic and was used to reflect the light given off of old "coal oil" lamps back ing the day. It is pecfect for your project time period. I would suggest using a big 6 volt bettery to power your light for safety.

Actually it's a very thin ceramic,(hallow) it is quite old I have no idea what it was used for, a great old looking covering is old Iron cords the woven fabric has an antique look, thanks for the comments.

Very nice...as are the rest of your steam punk creations! You've probably finished it by now, but if you are still consideringgas as a light source you could try acetylene. It would likely be historicallyaccurate and easy to make. Just add calcium carbide to water andit generates acetylene.Miners used this type of light back around the nineteenth and earlytwentieth centuries. A friend of mine used to have one, quite bright andlasted a long time as I recall.

OK, the required safety notice...acetylene is of course quite flammable andas I recall from using in for welding, explosive at higher pressures (not likelyto be reached in an acetylene lamp...).

The projects are piling up, I am planning a full face mask with the new iris assembly that I set aside, in my youth I used a carbide lamp while spelunking (sp) in Indiana, although I did not truly begin that project, I tried a few mantle lantern minitures with propane and acetyene, I am a mixed gas welder, I had a number of small explosions and blew the tips of the gas supply line apart, I thought better of posting any such endvaors, although that may not stop me from doing so privately.

a fun FYI is to fill a small balloon with a proper ox. and act. mix and light it, wear ear plugs it is LOUD, my welding instructor did the demo to show us to never let a mixed gas ratio from a torch fill a confined space unlit.

I'm really glad you liked this project it was just for fun, it still draws comments from visitors to my home, although the answer to the question what does it do is a rather boring, nothing it just looks good.